美国国务卿马可·卢比奥周三在雅典激烈捍卫华盛顿行使“国家权力”的权利，同时敦促欧洲“从长期沉睡中觉醒”。
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a combative defence of Washington’s right to wield its “national power” in Athens on Wednesday, while urging Europe to “awaken from its long slumber”.
卢比奥在雅典卫城下发表演讲时称：“我们正处在一个转折点……这不仅是我国家历史上的转折点，也是整个文明史上的转折点。”
"We are at an inflection point ... not only in the history of my nation but an inflection point in the whole of our civilisation," Rubio said in a speech beneath the Acropolis.
这位美国最高外交官表示：“要么我们选择立即行动，要么就彻底失去行动的选择权。”卢比奥称，在唐纳德·特朗普总统领导下的美国已经做出了选择。
"Either we choose to act now, or lose the choice to act at all," the top US diplomat said. The United States under President Donald Trump has made its choice, according to Rubio.
他说：“我们选择毫不妥协地追求国家权力：夺回对我们关键供应链的控制权，重新工业化我们的经济，重建我们的国防，并为未来技术和产业的主导权而奋斗。”
"We choose the unapologetic pursuit of national power: to take back control of our critical supply chains, to reindustrialise our economy, to rebuild our defence, to fight for dominance of the technologies and industries of the future," he said.
卢比奥表示：“大国之间的竞争再次出现。脆弱性、侵略、恐怖主义，以及一系列全新的威胁和攻击也再次出现。”
"There is new competition between great powers again. There is vulnerability, aggression, terrorism, a whole universe of new threats and attacks again," Rubio said.
他说：“我们必须重建我们的制度和联盟，以共同应对这些威胁。”
"We must rebuild our institutions and our alliances to face these threats together," he said.
卢比奥称，他在欧洲看到了令人鼓舞的迹象，这正是华盛顿所希望的“一代人转变的开端：国防开支激增，新的伙伴关系和项目层出不穷，制造业和生产规模扩大。”他还说：“我们相信，欧洲能够从长期沉睡中觉醒，重新点燃数千年前在此点燃的火焰。”
Rubio said that in Europe he saw encouraging signs of what Washington hoped "will be the beginning of a generational shift, skyrocketing defence spending, a flurry of new partnerships and programmes, expanded manufacturing and production." "We believe that Europe can awaken from its long slumber and rekindle the fire that was lit here millennia ago," he said.
全球为执行特朗普大规模驱逐行动而建立的机制……他的演讲中充满了对古希腊人的赞美。此前在二月的慕尼黑安全会议上，他在面向世界领导人的演讲中曾主张，欧洲正受到大规模移民的威胁，并呼吁欧洲捍卫基督教文明。
The global machinery built to carry out Trump’s mass deportation drive His speech, which was packed with praise for the ancient Greeks, followed an address in February when he argued in a speech to world leaders at the Munich Security Conference, that Europe was threatened by mass immigration and called for it to defend Christian civilisation.
但他也提到了能源领域，并宣布就毒品贩运和恐怖主义问题达成一项信息共享联合协议。
But he also flagged the energy sector, and announced a joint agreement on information-sharing on drug trafficking and terrorism.
“正如你所见，这个世界正面临……动荡不安的事件，你深知这一美希联盟对美国的重要性，”他说，并提及中东冲突以及俄罗斯对乌克兰的入侵。
"As you see a world that faces ... destabilising events, you recognise how important this alliance with Greece is to the United States," he said, referencing conflict in the Middle East and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
在中东问题上，他辩称伊朗已“完全失去”对战略要地霍尔木兹海峡的控制，试图在美国于关键立法选举前几周仍苦寻战争出路之际，向外界提供 reassurance（安抚/保证）。
In the Middle East, he argued that Iran had "lost complete control" of the strategic Strait of Hormuz, seeking to offer reassurance at a time when the United States is struggling to find a way out of the war just weeks before key US legislative elections.
周三，鲁比奥与希腊就地区安全和能源安全举行了“战略对话”，背景是伊朗和乌克兰战争引发的高度紧张局势。
Rubio took part Wednesday in a "strategic dialogue" with Greece on regional and energy security amid high tensions triggered by the wars in Iran and Ukraine.
在鲁比奥抵达前一天，希腊警方表示，周二有超过2000名示威者聚集在雅典市中心，抗议他的访问。
One day before Rubio's arrival, Greek police said more than 2,000 demonstrators gathered in central Athens on Tuesday to protest his visit.
法新社记者看到，位于希腊首都中心的宪法广场已实施交通管制，警方部署了大量警力以加强安保。
Syntagma Square, in the heart of the Greek capital, was closed to traffic, with a heavy police presence to beef up security, AFP photographers saw.
法国发出警报，鲁比奥寻求安抚北约盟友 此次访问因媒体关于美国驻希腊大使金伯利·吉尔福伊尔可能涉及利益冲突的报道而蒙上阴影。吉尔福伊尔曾是唐纳德·特朗普小子的前未婚妻，也是加利福尼亚州州长加文·纽森的 ex-wife（前妻）。
France raises alarm as Rubio seeks to reassure NATO allies The visit has been overshadowed by media reports about possible conflicts of interest involving the US ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, a former fiancee of Donald Trump Jr. and ex-wife of California Governor Gavin Newsom.
众议员格雷戈里·米克斯致信鲁比奥，要求就一份报告进行澄清。该报告指控吉尔福伊尔曾表示，美国可以在欧洲国家制造“政治变革”。
In a letter addressed to Rubio, Congressman Gregory Meeks sought clarification of a report alleging that Guilfoyle had stated the United States could create "political change" in European countries.
鲁比奥将于周三晚间会见保守派总理基里亚科斯·米佐塔基斯，随后于周四启程前往里斯本。
Rubio is to meet conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday evening, before departing for Lisbon on Thursday.